The Morality of the Separation of the Conjoined Attard Twins of Manchester

Health Care Analysis 13 (3):163-176 (2005)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

I argue that the separation of the conjoined Attard twins of Manchester was not morally justified as it involved intentionally internally affecting (“invading”) the body of the weaker twin without permission and without any advantage to her.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1007/s10728-005-6442-z

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 93,774

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Separation of conjoined twins and the principle of double effect.David H. Wenkel - 2006 - Christian Bioethics 12 (3):291-300.
Vital Conflicts, Bodily Respect, and Conjoined Twins: Are We Asking the Right Questions?Helen Watt - 2017 - In Jason T. Eberl (ed.), Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp. 135-145.
One into two will not go: conceptualising conjoined twins.M. Q. Bratton - 2004 - Journal of Medical Ethics 30 (3):279-285.
The ethics of separating conjoined twins: two arguments against.Luke Kallberg - 2018 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 39 (1):27-56.
Ethical Reflections on the Separation of Conjoined Twins.Gerald Gleeson - 2001 - Chisholm Health Ethics Bulletin 6 (4):1.
The Maltese Conjoined Twins: Two Views of Their Separation.Alex John London - unknown
Perspective: The Maltese Conjoined Twins: Two Views of Their Separation.Alex John London & Lori P. Knowles - 2001 - Hastings Center Report 31 (1):48.
The Ethics of Caring for Conjoined Twins: The Lakeberg Twins.David C. Thomasma, Jonathan Muraskas, Patricia A. Marshall, Thomas Myers, Paul Tomich & James A. O'Neill - 1996 - Hastings Center Report 26 (4):4-12.
The Principle of Double Effect as Applied to the Maltese Conjoined Twins.Joseph C. Howard - 2009 - The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 9 (1):85-96.
Ethics: English High Court Orders Separation of Conjoined Twins.Jacob M. Appel - 2000 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 28 (3):312-318.

Analytics

Added to PP
2013-10-30

Downloads
22 (#166,999)

6 months
9 (#1,260,759)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Daniel Hill
University of Liverpool

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

Utilitarianism.J. S. Mill - 1861 - Oxford University Press UK. Edited by Roger Crisp.
Utilitarianism: For and Against.J. J. C. Smart & Bernard Williams - 1973 - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Edited by Bernard Williams.
Modern Moral Philosophy.G. E. M. Anscombe - 1958 - Philosophy 33 (124):1 - 19.
Utilitarianism.John Stuart Mill - 1863 - Cleveland: Cambridge University Press. Edited by Geraint Williams.
Utilitarianism.John Stuart Mill - 1864 - Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle. Edited by Geraint Williams.

View all 10 references / Add more references